Corpus Juris Civilis

Corpus Juris Civilis

[Latin, The body of the civil law.] The name given in the early seventeenth century to the collection ofCivil Lawbased upon the compilation andCodificationof the Roman system ofJurisprudencedirected by the EmperorJustinian Iduring the years from 528 to 534a.d.

Corpus Juris Civilis

Justinian's compilation of the Roman law for his empire. It is in four parts: the Institutes (a student introduction); the Digest or Pandects (a collation in four sections of the Roman law from the jurists, which was, however, heavily interpolated by the compilers); the Codex or Code (a compilation of legislative measures); and the Novels (some later supplementary laws). Both the Digest and the Institutes were to form the basis of the later revival of Roman law throughout the continental European world. They are still the object of intense study and debate today.

CORPUS JURIS CIVILIS. The body of the civil law. This, is the name given to
a collection of the civil law, consisting of Justinian's Institutes, the
Pandects or Digest, the Code, and the Novels.

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